KOCHI: The state budget has made major allocations to revive the struggling agriculture sector with an allocation of Rs1,698.30 crore. Experts feel this, along with initiatives like the World Bank-aided Rs2,365-crore ‘Kerala Climate Resilient Agri Value Chain Modernization Project–KERA,’ establishment of the Institute of Advanced Crop Breeding, and allocation of Rs36 crore for the installation of Vertical Aerial Flow Pump …
A separate millet board could be formed. The 5% tax on millets should be exempted and the 18% GST on millet-based value added products should be reduced to less than 5%," he said, adding that schemes that provide knowledge on agriculture and special initiatives to promote collecting farming could be introduced to increase productivity. The state government could make Madurai …
